Bill Text: NY A03419 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Expands service of process to the department of state in the city of New York.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to judiciary [A03419 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A03419-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          3419

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 3, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Judiciary

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the business corporation law, the executive law, the
          general associations law, the limited liability company law, the  not-
          for-profit  corporation  law,  the  partnership  law, the tax law, the
          administrative code of the city of New York, the  real  property  law,
          the  general  business  law,  the  navigation law, and the vehicle and
          traffic law, in relation  to  expanding  service  of  process  to  the
          department of state in the city of New York

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subparagraph 1 of paragraph (b) of section 306 of the busi-
     2  ness corporation law, as amended by section 2 of part KK of  chapter  56
     3  of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (1)  Service of process on the secretary of state as agent of a domes-
     5  tic or authorized foreign  corporation  shall  be  made  in  the  manner
     6  provided  by  clause  (i) or (ii) of this subparagraph. Either option of
     7  service authorized pursuant to this subparagraph shall be  available  at
     8  no  extra cost to the consumer. (i) Personally delivering to and leaving
     9  with the secretary of state or a deputy, or with any  person  authorized
    10  by  the secretary of state to receive such service, at the office of the
    11  department of state in either the city of Albany or New York,  duplicate
    12  copies  of such process together with the statutory fee, which fee shall
    13  be a taxable disbursement. Service of process on such corporation  shall
    14  be  complete  when the secretary of state is so served. The secretary of
    15  state shall promptly send one of such copies by certified  mail,  return
    16  receipt  requested,  to such corporation, at the post office address, on
    17  file in the department of state, specified for the purpose. If a  domes-
    18  tic or authorized foreign corporation has no such address on file in the
    19  department  of state, the secretary of state shall so mail such copy, in
    20  the case of a domestic corporation, in care of any director named in its

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06338-01-3

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     1  certificate of incorporation at the director's  address  stated  therein
     2  or,  in  the  case  of an authorized foreign corporation, to such corpo-
     3  ration at the address of its office within this state  on  file  in  the
     4  department.  (ii) Electronically submitting a copy of the process to the
     5  department of state together with the statutory fee, which fee shall  be
     6  a  taxable  disbursement,  through  an electronic system operated by the
     7  department of state, provided the domestic or authorized foreign  corpo-
     8  ration  has an email address on file in the department of state to which
     9  the secretary of state shall email a notice of the fact that process has
    10  been served electronically on the secretary of state.  Service of  proc-
    11  ess  on  such  corporation shall be complete when the secretary of state
    12  has reviewed and accepted service of such process.    The  secretary  of
    13  state  shall  promptly  send  a notice of the fact that process has been
    14  served to such corporation at the email address on file in  the  depart-
    15  ment  of  state,  specified for the purpose and shall make a copy of the
    16  process available to such corporation.
    17    § 2. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 92-a to read
    18  as follows:
    19    § 92-a. Service of process. In any case in which service of process on
    20  the secretary of state as agent or attorney of an organization,  associ-
    21  ation, partnership, corporation, company, trust or other person or enti-
    22  ty  is authorized by law at the office of the department of state in the
    23  city of Albany, service of process on the secretary of state may be made
    24  by personal delivery to the secretary of  state  or  a  deputy,  or  any
    25  person  authorized by the secretary of state to receive such service, at
    26  the office of the department of state in  the  city  of  New  York.  The
    27  secretary  of  state  shall  so  authorize  appropriate  persons at such
    28  office.
    29    § 3. Subdivision 2 of section 172-c of the executive law,  as  amended
    30  by chapter 43 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows:
    31    2.  Service  of such process upon the secretary of state shall be made
    32  by personally delivering to and leaving with the secretary of  state  or
    33  any person authorized by the secretary of state to accept such service a
    34  copy thereof at the office of the department of state in either the city
    35  of  Albany  or  New  York,  and such service shall be sufficient service
    36  provided that notice of such service and a  copy  of  such  process  are
    37  forthwith sent by the attorney general or any other party to such chari-
    38  table  organization  by certified mail with return receipt requested, at
    39  its office as set forth in the registration form required  to  be  filed
    40  with the attorney general pursuant to section one hundred seventy-two of
    41  this  article,  or  in  default  of the filing of such form, at the last
    42  address known to the attorney general or any  other  party.  Service  of
    43  such  process shall be complete upon the receipt by the attorney general
    44  or any other party of a return receipt purporting to be  signed  by  the
    45  addressee  or  a  person  qualified  to  receive  its certified mail, in
    46  accordance with the rules and customs of the post office department, or,
    47  if acceptance was refused by the addressee or its agent, ten days  after
    48  the  return  to the attorney general or any other party of a notation by
    49  the postal authorities that receipt thereof was refused.
    50    § 4. Subdivision 2 of section 173-c of the executive law,  as  amended
    51  by chapter 43 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows:
    52    2. Service of such process or notice upon the secretary of state shall
    53  be  made  by  personally delivering to and leaving with the secretary of
    54  state or any person authorized by the secretary of state to accept  such
    55  service  a  copy  thereof  at  the  office of the department of state in
    56  either the city of Albany or New York, and such service shall be  suffi-

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     1  cient  service  provided  that notice of such service and a copy of such
     2  process are forthwith sent by the attorney general or other party as the
     3  case may be to such professional  fund  raiser,  fund  raising  counsel,
     4  professional  solicitor or commercial co-venturer by certified mail with
     5  return receipt requested, at the office address  as  set  forth  in  the
     6  registration  form required to be filed with the attorney general pursu-
     7  ant  to   sections   one   hundred   seventy-three   and   one   hundred
     8  seventy-three-b  of  this  article,  or in default of the filing of such
     9  form, at the last address known to the attorney general or other  party.
    10  Service  of such process shall be complete ten days after the receipt by
    11  the attorney general or other party of a return receipt purporting to be
    12  signed by the addressee or a person qualified to receive the addressee's
    13  certified mail, in accordance with the rules and  customs  of  the  post
    14  office department, or, if acceptance was refused by the addressee or the
    15  agent,  ten days after the return to the attorney general or other party
    16  of the original envelope bearing a notation by  the  postal  authorities
    17  that receipt thereof was refused.
    18    § 5. Section 19 of the general associations law, as amended by section
    19  16  of  part KK of chapter 56 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as
    20  follows:
    21    § 19. Service of process. Service of process  against  an  association
    22  upon  the  secretary  of  state  shall be made in the manner provided by
    23  subdivision one or two of this section. Either option of service author-
    24  ized pursuant to this section shall be available at no extra cost to the
    25  consumer. (1) Personally delivering to and leaving with him  or  her  or
    26  with  a  person  authorized  by  the  secretary of state to receive such
    27  service, duplicate copies of such process at the office of  the  depart-
    28  ment  of  state in either the city of Albany or New York. At the time of
    29  such service the plaintiff shall pay a  fee  of  forty  dollars  to  the
    30  secretary  of state which shall be a taxable disbursement. The secretary
    31  of state shall promptly send by certified mail one of such copies to the
    32  association at the address fixed for that purpose, as  herein  provided.
    33  (2) Electronically submitting a copy of the process to the department of
    34  state  together  with  the  statutory  fee, which fee shall be a taxable
    35  disbursement, through an electronic system operated by the department of
    36  state, provided the association has an email  address  on  file  in  the
    37  department of state to which the secretary of state shall email a notice
    38  of the fact that process has been served electronically on the secretary
    39  of  state. Service of process on such association shall be complete when
    40  the secretary of state has reviewed and accepted service of  such  proc-
    41  ess.  The  secretary  of  state shall promptly send a notice of the fact
    42  that process against such association  has  been  served  electronically
    43  upon him or her, to such association at the email address on file in the
    44  department  of state, specified for the purpose and shall make a copy of
    45  the process available to such association. If the action  or  proceeding
    46  is instituted in a court of limited jurisdiction, service of process may
    47  be  made  in  the manner provided in this section if the cause of action
    48  arose within the territorial jurisdiction of the court and the office of
    49  the defendant, as set forth in its statement filed pursuant  to  section
    50  eighteen of this [chapter] article, is within such territorial jurisdic-
    51  tion.
    52    §  6.  Paragraph  1  of  subdivision (b) of section 304 of the limited
    53  liability company law, as amended by section 22 of part KK of chapter 56
    54  of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
    55    (1) Personally delivering to and leaving with the secretary  of  state
    56  or  his or her deputy, or with any person authorized by the secretary of

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     1  state to receive such service, at the office of the department of  state
     2  in either the city of Albany or New York, a copy of such process togeth-
     3  er with the statutory fee, which fee shall be a taxable disbursement.
     4    §  7.  Paragraph  (b) of section 306 of the not-for-profit corporation
     5  law, as amended by section 30 of part KK of chapter 56 of  the  laws  of
     6  2021, is amended to read as follows:
     7    (b)  Service of process on the secretary of state as agent of a domes-
     8  tic corporation formed under article four of this chapter or an  author-
     9  ized foreign corporation shall be made in the manner provided by subpar-
    10  agraph  one  or  two of this paragraph. (1) Personally delivering to and
    11  leaving with the secretary of state or his or her deputy,  or  with  any
    12  person  authorized by the secretary of state to receive such service, at
    13  the office of the department of state in either the city  of  Albany  or
    14  New  York,  duplicate copies of such process together with the statutory
    15  fee, which fee shall be a taxable disbursement. Service  of  process  on
    16  such  corporation  shall  be  complete when the secretary of state is so
    17  served.  The secretary of state shall promptly send one of  such  copies
    18  by certified mail, return receipt requested, to such corporation, at the
    19  post  office  address, on file in the department of state, specified for
    20  the purpose. If a domestic corporation formed under article four of this
    21  chapter or an authorized foreign corporation has no such address on file
    22  in the department of state, the secretary of state shall  so  mail  such
    23  copy  to such corporation at the address of its office within this state
    24  on file in the department. (2) Electronically submitting a copy  of  the
    25  process  to  the  department  of  state together with the statutory fee,
    26  which fee shall be a taxable disbursement, through an electronic  system
    27  operated by the department of state, provided the domestic or authorized
    28  foreign  corporation  has  an email address on file in the department of
    29  state to which the secretary of state shall email a notice of  the  fact
    30  that  process  has been served electronically on the secretary of state.
    31  Service of process on such corporation shall be complete when the secre-
    32  tary of state has reviewed and accepted service of such  process.    The
    33  secretary of state shall promptly send a notice of the fact that process
    34  against such corporation has been served electronically on him or her to
    35  such  corporation  at  the  email  address  on file in the department of
    36  state, specified for the purpose and shall make a copy  of  the  process
    37  available to such corporation.
    38    §  8.  The  opening  paragraph  of  paragraph  2 of subdivision (e) of
    39  section 121-104-A of the partnership law, as added by chapter 448 of the
    40  laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:
    41    Service of such process upon the secretary of state shall be  made  by
    42  personally delivering to and leaving with him or his deputy, or with any
    43  person  authorized by the secretary of state to receive such service, at
    44  the office of the department of state in either the city  of  Albany  or
    45  New  York, a copy of such process together with the statutory fee, which
    46  fee shall be a taxable disbursement. Such service shall be sufficient if
    47  notice thereof and a copy of the process are:
    48    § 9. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (a) of section 121-109 of the partner-
    49  ship law, as amended by section 41 of part KK of chapter 56 of the  laws
    50  of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
    51    (1)  By personally delivering to and leaving with him or her or his or
    52  her deputy, or with any person authorized by the secretary of  state  to
    53  receive such service, at the office of the department of state in either
    54  the city of Albany or New York, duplicate copies of such process togeth-
    55  er with the statutory fee, which fee shall be a taxable disbursement.

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     1    §  10.  Subdivision (a) of section 121-1505 of the partnership law, as
     2  amended by section 52 of part KK of chapter 56 of the laws of  2021,  is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    (a)  Service of process on the secretary of state as agent of a regis-
     5  tered limited liability  partnership  or  New  York  registered  foreign
     6  limited  liability  partnership  under this article shall be made in the
     7  manner provided by paragraph one or  two  of  this  subdivision.  Either
     8  option  of  service  authorized  pursuant  to  this subdivision shall be
     9  available at no extra cost to the consumer. (1) Personally delivering to
    10  and leaving with the secretary of state or a deputy, or with any  person
    11  authorized  by  the  secretary  of state to receive such service, at the
    12  office of the department of state in either the city of  Albany  or  New
    13  York,  duplicate copies of such process together with the statutory fee,
    14  which fee shall be a taxable disbursement. Service of  process  on  such
    15  registered  limited  liability  partnership  shall  be complete when the
    16  secretary of state is so served. The secretary of state  shall  promptly
    17  send  one of such copies by certified mail, return receipt requested, to
    18  such registered  limited  liability  partnership,  at  the  post  office
    19  address  on  file in the department of state specified for such purpose.
    20  (2) Electronically submitting a copy of the process to the department of
    21  state together with the statutory fee, which  fee  shall  be  a  taxable
    22  disbursement, through an electronic system operated by the department of
    23  state, provided the registered limited liability partnership or New York
    24  registered foreign limited liability partnership has an email address on
    25  file  in  the  department of state to which the secretary of state shall
    26  email a notice of the fact that process against such registered  limited
    27  liability  partnership  or New York registered foreign limited liability
    28  partnership served has been electronically served on  the  secretary  of
    29  state.  Service of process on such registered limited liability partner-
    30  ship or New York registered foreign limited liability partnership  shall
    31  be  complete  when  the  secretary  of  state  has reviewed and accepted
    32  service of such process. The secretary of state shall  promptly  send  a
    33  notice  of the fact that process against such registered limited liabil-
    34  ity partnership or New York registered foreign limited  liability  part-
    35  nership  has  been served electronically upon him or her, to such regis-
    36  tered limited liability  partnership  or  New  York  registered  foreign
    37  limited  liability  partnership  at  the  email  address  on file in the
    38  department of state, specified for the purpose and shall make a copy  of
    39  the  process  available to such registered limited liability partnership
    40  or New York registered foreign limited liability partnership.
    41    § 11. The opening paragraph of  paragraph  2  of  subdivision  (f)  of
    42  section  121-1506 of the partnership law, as added by chapter 448 of the
    43  laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:
    44    Service of such process upon the secretary of state shall be  made  by
    45  personally delivering to and leaving with him or his deputy, or with any
    46  person  authorized by the secretary of state to receive such service, at
    47  the office of the department of state in either the city  of  Albany  or
    48  New  York, a copy of such process together with the statutory fee, which
    49  fee shall be a taxable disbursement. Such service shall be sufficient if
    50  notice thereof and a copy of the process are:
    51    § 12. Subdivision 2 of section 203 of the tax law, as amended by chap-
    52  ter 100 of the laws of 1964, is amended to read as follows:
    53    2.   Every foreign corporation  (other  than  a  moneyed  corporation)
    54  subject to the provisions of this article, except a corporation having a
    55  certificate  of authority under former section two hundred twelve of the
    56  general corporation law or having authority to do business by virtue  of

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     1  section  thirteen  hundred  five  of the business corporation law, shall
     2  file in the department of state a  certificate  of  designation  in  its
     3  corporate  name, signed and acknowledged by its president or a vice-pre-
     4  sident  or  its secretary or treasurer, under its corporate seal, desig-
     5  nating the secretary of state as its agent  upon  whom  process  in  any
     6  action provided for by this article may be served within this state, and
     7  setting  forth  an  address to which the secretary of state shall mail a
     8  copy of any such process against the corporation  which  may  be  served
     9  upon  him.   In case any such corporation shall have failed to file such
    10  certificate of designation, it shall be deemed to  have  designated  the
    11  secretary of state as its agent upon whom such process against it may be
    12  served; and until a certificate of designation shall have been filed the
    13  corporation  shall  be deemed to have directed the secretary of state to
    14  mail copies of process served upon him to the corporation  at  its  last
    15  known office address within or without the state.  When a certificate of
    16  designation  has  been  filed by such corporation the secretary of state
    17  shall mail copies of process thereafter served upon him to  the  address
    18  set forth in such certificate.  Any such corporation, from time to time,
    19  may  change  the  address to which the secretary of state is directed to
    20  mail copies of process, by filing a certificate to that effect executed,
    21  signed and acknowledged in like manner as a certificate  of  designation
    22  as  herein  provided.    Service of process upon any such corporation or
    23  upon any corporation having a  certificate  of  authority  under  former
    24  section  two  hundred  twelve  of  the general corporation law or having
    25  authority to do business by virtue of section thirteen hundred  five  of
    26  the business corporation law, in any action commenced at any time pursu-
    27  ant  to  the  provisions  of  this  article,  may  be made by either (1)
    28  personally delivering to and leaving with  the  secretary  of  state,  a
    29  deputy secretary of state or with any person authorized by the secretary
    30  of  state to receive such service duplicate copies thereof at the office
    31  of the department of state in either the city of Albany or New York,  in
    32  which  event  the  secretary of state shall forthwith send by registered
    33  mail, return receipt requested, one of such copies to the corporation at
    34  the address designated by it or at its last known office address  within
    35  or  without  the state, or (2) personally delivering to and leaving with
    36  the secretary of state, a deputy secretary of state or with  any  person
    37  authorized  by  the  secretary  of state to receive such service, a copy
    38  thereof at the office of the department of state in either the  city  of
    39  Albany or New York and by delivering a copy thereof to, and leaving such
    40  copy  with,  the  president, vice-president, secretary, assistant secre-
    41  tary, treasurer, assistant treasurer, or cashier of such corporation, or
    42  the officer performing corresponding functions under another name, or  a
    43  director  or  managing agent of such corporation, personally without the
    44  state.  Proof of such personal service without the state shall be  filed
    45  with the clerk of the court in which the action is pending within thirty
    46  days  after  such  service,  and such service shall be complete ten days
    47  after proof thereof is filed.
    48    § 13. Section 216 of the tax law, as added by chapter 415 of the  laws
    49  of  1944, the opening paragraph as amended by chapter 100 of the laws of
    50  1964 and redesignated by chapter 613 of the laws of 1976, is amended  to
    51  read as follows:
    52    §  216.  Collection  of taxes. Every foreign corporation (other than a
    53  moneyed corporation) subject to the provisions of this article, except a
    54  corporation having a certificate of authority under former  section  two
    55  hundred  twelve of the general corporation law or having authority to do
    56  business by virtue of section thirteen  hundred  five  of  the  business

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     1  corporation  law, shall file in the department of state a certificate of
     2  designation in its corporate name, signed and acknowledged by its presi-
     3  dent or a vice-president or its secretary or treasurer, under its corpo-
     4  rate  seal,  designating  the  secretary of state as its agent upon whom
     5  process in any action provided for by this article may be served  within
     6  this state, and setting forth an address to which the secretary of state
     7  shall  mail a copy of any such process against the corporation which may
     8  be served upon him.  In case any such corporation shall have  failed  to
     9  file  such certificate of designation, it shall be deemed to have desig-
    10  nated the secretary of state as its agent upon whom such process against
    11  it may be served; and until a certificate of designation shall have been
    12  filed the corporation shall be deemed to have directed the secretary  of
    13  state  to  mail  copies of process served upon him to the corporation at
    14  its last known office address within or  without  the  state.    When  a
    15  certificate of designation has been filed by such corporation the secre-
    16  tary of state shall mail copies of process thereafter served upon him to
    17  the  address  set forth in such certificate.  Any such corporation, from
    18  time to time, may change the address to which the secretary of state  is
    19  directed  to  mail  copies  of  process, by filing a certificate to that
    20  effect executed, signed and acknowledged in like manner as a certificate
    21  of designation as herein provided. Service  of  process  upon  any  such
    22  corporation  or  upon  any corporation having a certificate of authority
    23  under former section two hundred twelve of the general  corporation  law
    24  or having authority to do business by virtue of section thirteen hundred
    25  five  of  the  business  corporation law, in any action commenced at any
    26  time pursuant to the provisions of this article, may be made  by  either
    27  (1)  personally delivering to and leaving with the secretary of state, a
    28  deputy secretary of state or with any person authorized by the secretary
    29  of state to receive such service duplicate copies thereof at the  office
    30  of  the department of state in either the city of Albany or New York, in
    31  which event the secretary of state shall forthwith  send  by  registered
    32  mail, return receipt requested, one of such copies to the corporation at
    33  the  address designated by it or at its last known office address within
    34  or without the state, or (2) personally delivering to and  leaving  with
    35  the  secretary  of state, a deputy secretary of state or with any person
    36  authorized by the secretary of state to receive  such  service,  a  copy
    37  thereof  at  the office of the department of state in either the city of
    38  Albany or New York and by delivering a copy thereof to, and leaving such
    39  copy with, the president, vice-president,  secretary,  assistant  secre-
    40  tary, treasurer, assistant treasurer, or cashier of such corporation, or
    41  the  officer performing corresponding functions under another name, or a
    42  director or managing agent of such corporation, personally  without  the
    43  state.   Proof of such personal service without the state shall be filed
    44  with the clerk of the court in which the action is pending within thirty
    45  days after such service, and such service shall  be  complete  ten  days
    46  after proof thereof is filed.
    47    § 14. Subdivision (b) of section 310 of the tax law, as added by chap-
    48  ter 400 of the laws of 1983, is amended to read as follows:
    49    (b)  Service  of process.--Service of process upon any petroleum busi-
    50  ness which is a  corporation  (including  any  such  petroleum  business
    51  having  a  certificate  of  authority  under  former section two hundred
    52  twelve of the general corporation law or having authority to do business
    53  by virtue of section thirteen hundred five of the  business  corporation
    54  law),  in any action commenced at any time pursuant to the provisions of
    55  this article, may be made by either (1)  personally  delivering  to  and
    56  leaving with the secretary of state, a deputy secretary of state or with

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     1  any  person authorized by the secretary of state to receive such service
     2  duplicate copies thereof at the office of the  department  of  state  in
     3  either  the  city of Albany or New York, in which event the secretary of
     4  state shall forthwith send by registered mail, return receipt requested,
     5  one  of such copies to such petroleum business at the address designated
     6  by it or at its last known office address within or without  the  state,
     7  or (2) personally delivering to and leaving with the secretary of state,
     8  a  deputy secretary of state or with any person authorized by the secre-
     9  tary of state to receive such service, a copy thereof at the  office  of
    10  the  department of state in either the city of Albany or New York and by
    11  delivering a copy thereof to, and leaving such copy with, the president,
    12  vice-president, secretary,  assistant  secretary,  treasurer,  assistant
    13  treasurer,  or  cashier  of  such  petroleum  business,  or  the officer
    14  performing corresponding functions under another name, or a director  or
    15  managing agent of such petroleum business, personally without the state.
    16  Proof of such personal service without the state shall be filed with the
    17  clerk  of  the  court  in which the action is pending within thirty days
    18  after such service, and such service shall be complete  ten  days  after
    19  proof thereof is filed.
    20    §  15.  Subdivision  5  of  section  511 of the tax law, as amended by
    21  section 7 of part E of chapter 60 of the laws of  2007,  is  amended  to
    22  read as follows:
    23    5. The operation by a nonresident of a vehicular unit in this state or
    24  the  operation  in this state of a motor vehicle, trailer, semi-trailer,
    25  dolly or other device owned by a nonresident shall be deemed  equivalent
    26  to  an  appointment  by such nonresident of the secretary of state to be
    27  his true and lawful attorney upon whom may be served the process in  any
    28  action  or proceeding against him growing out of any liability for fees,
    29  taxes, penalties or interest under this article and such operation shall
    30  be deemed a signification of his agreement that any such process against
    31  him which is so served shall be of the same legal force and validity  as
    32  if  served on him personally within the state and within the territorial
    33  jurisdiction of the court from which  the  process  issues.  Service  of
    34  process shall be made by either (1) personally delivering to and leaving
    35  with  the  secretary  of  state or a deputy secretary of state duplicate
    36  copies thereof at the office of the department of state  in  either  the
    37  city  of Albany or New York, in which event the secretary of state shall
    38  forthwith send by registered mail one of such copies to  the  person  at
    39  the  address  designated  by him in his application for a certificate of
    40  registration under this article or in the last return filed by him under
    41  this article or as shown on the records of the commissioner,  or  if  no
    42  application  has  been filed, at his last known office address within or
    43  without the state, or (2) personally delivering to and leaving with  the
    44  secretary  of state or a deputy secretary of state a copy thereof at the
    45  office of the department of state in either the city of  Albany  or  New
    46  York  and by delivering a copy thereof to the person, personally without
    47  the state. Proof of such personal service without  the  state  shall  be
    48  filed with the clerk of the court in which the process is pending within
    49  thirty  days  after  such service and such service shall be complete ten
    50  days after proof thereof is filed.
    51    § 16. The opening paragraph of  paragraph  2  of  subdivision  (e)  of
    52  section  301-A of the limited liability company law, as added by chapter
    53  448 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:
    54    Service of such process upon the secretary of state shall be  made  by
    55  personally delivering to and leaving with him or his deputy, or with any
    56  person  authorized by the secretary of state to receive such service, at

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     1  the office of the department of state in either the city  of  Albany  or
     2  New  York, a copy of such process together with the statutory fee, which
     3  fee shall be a taxable disbursement. Such service shall be sufficient if
     4  notice thereof and a copy of the process are:
     5    §  17. Subdivision (a) of section 303 of the limited liability company
     6  law, as amended by section 21 of part KK chapter 56 of the laws of 2021,
     7  is amended to read as follows:
     8    (a) Service of process on the secretary of state as agent of a  domes-
     9  tic  limited  liability  company or authorized foreign limited liability
    10  company shall be made in the manner provided by paragraph one or two  of
    11  this  subdivision.  Either option of service authorized pursuant to this
    12  subdivision shall be available at no extra cost to the  consumer.    (1)
    13  Personally  delivering to and leaving with the secretary of state or his
    14  or her deputy, or with any person authorized by the secretary  of  state
    15  to  receive  such  service,  at the office of the department of state in
    16  either the city of Albany or New York, duplicate copies of such  process
    17  together  with the statutory fee, which fee shall be a taxable disburse-
    18  ment. Service of process on such  limited  liability  company  shall  be
    19  complete  when  the  secretary  of  state is so served. The secretary of
    20  state shall promptly send one of such copies by certified  mail,  return
    21  receipt  requested, to such limited liability company at the post office
    22  address on file in the department of state specified for  that  purpose.
    23  (2) Electronically submitting a copy of the process to the department of
    24  state  together  with  the  statutory  fee, which fee shall be a taxable
    25  disbursement, through an electronic system operated by the department of
    26  state, provided the domestic or  authorized  foreign  limited  liability
    27  company has an email address on file in the department of state to which
    28  the secretary of state shall email a notice of the fact that process has
    29  been served electronically on the secretary of state. Service of process
    30  on  such  limited liability company shall be complete when the secretary
    31  of state has reviewed and accepted service of such process.  The  secre-
    32  tary  of  state  shall  promptly  send a notice of the fact that process
    33  against such limited liability company has been served electronically on
    34  him or her to such limited liability company at  the  email  address  on
    35  file  in  the  department  of state, specified for the purpose and shall
    36  make a copy of the process available to such limited liability company.
    37    § 18. Subparagraph (1) of paragraph (b) of section 307 of the not-for-
    38  profit corporation law, as amended by section 31 of part KK  of  chapter
    39  56 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
    40    (1)  Service of such process upon the secretary of state shall be made
    41  in the manner provided by  items  (i)  or  (ii)  of  this  subparagraph.
    42  Either  option of service authorized pursuant to this paragraph shall be
    43  available at no extra cost to the consumer. (i) Personally delivering to
    44  and leaving with him or his deputy, or with any person authorized by the
    45  secretary of state to receive such service, at the office of the depart-
    46  ment of state in either the city of Albany or New York, a copy  of  such
    47  process  together  with  the statutory fee, which fee shall be a taxable
    48  disbursement. (ii) Electronically submitting a copy of  the  process  to
    49  the department of state together with the statutory fee, which fee shall
    50  be  a taxable disbursement, through an electronic system operated by the
    51  department of state.
    52    § 19. The opening paragraph of  paragraph  2  of  subdivision  (e)  of
    53  section  306-a  of the business corporation law, as added by chapter 469
    54  of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows:
    55    Service of such process upon the secretary of state shall be  made  by
    56  personally delivering to and leaving with him or his deputy, or with any

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     1  person  authorized by the secretary of state to receive such service, at
     2  the office of the department of state in either the city  of  Albany  or
     3  New  York, a copy of such process together with the statutory fee, which
     4  fee shall be a taxable disbursement. Such service shall be sufficient if
     5  notice thereof and a copy of the process are:
     6    §  20.  The opening paragraph of subdivision (b) of section 307 of the
     7  business corporation law, as amended by section 3 of part KK of  chapter
     8  56 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
     9    Service  of  such process upon the secretary of state shall be made in
    10  the manner provided by subparagraph [one or two] (i)  or  (ii)  of  this
    11  paragraph.  Either  option  of service authorized pursuant to this para-
    12  graph shall be available at no extra cost to the  consumer[.  (1)]:  (i)
    13  Personally delivering to and leaving with him or his deputy, or with any
    14  person  authorized by the secretary of state to receive such service, at
    15  the office of the department of state in either the city  of  Albany  or
    16  New  York, a copy of such process together with the statutory fee, which
    17  fee shall be a taxable disbursement[. (2)] (ii)  Electronically  submit-
    18  ting  a copy of the process to the department of state together with the
    19  statutory fee, which fee shall be a  taxable  disbursement,  through  an
    20  electronic  system  operated  by  the  department of state. Such service
    21  shall be sufficient if notice thereof and a copy of the process are:
    22    § 21. Section 11-609 of the administrative code of  the  city  of  New
    23  York is amended to read as follows:
    24    §  11-609 Collection of taxes. Every foreign corporation (other than a
    25  moneyed corporation) subject  to  the  provisions  of  this  subchapter,
    26  except  a  corporation  having  authority  to  do  business by virtue of
    27  section thirteen hundred five of the  business  corporation  law,  shall
    28  file  in  the  department  of  state a certificate of designation in its
    29  corporate name, signed and acknowledged by its president or a  vice-pre-
    30  sident  or  its secretary or treasurer, under its corporate seal, desig-
    31  nating the secretary of state as its agent  upon  whom  process  in  any
    32  action  provided for by this subchapter may be served within this state,
    33  and setting forth an address to which the secretary of state shall  mail
    34  a  copy  of any such process against the corporation which may be served
    35  upon the secretary of state. In case any  such  corporation  shall  have
    36  failed  to  file  such certificate of designation, it shall be deemed to
    37  have designated the secretary of state as its agent upon whom such proc-
    38  ess against it may be served; and until  a  certificate  of  designation
    39  shall  have  been filed the corporation shall be deemed to have directed
    40  the secretary of state to mail copies of process served upon him or  her
    41  to  the  corporation  at its last known office address within or without
    42  the state. When a certificate of designation  has  been  filed  by  such
    43  corporation  the  secretary of state shall mail copies of process there-
    44  after served upon the secretary of state to the  address  set  forth  in
    45  such  certificate.  Any  such corporation, from time to time, may change
    46  the address to which the secretary of state is directed to  mail  copies
    47  of  process, by filing a certificate to that effect executed, signed and
    48  acknowledged in like manner as a certificate of  designation  as  herein
    49  provided.  Service  of  process  upon  any  such corporation or upon any
    50  corporation having a certificate of authority under former  section  two
    51  hundred  twelve of the general corporation law or having authority to do
    52  business by virtue of section thirteen  hundred  five  of  the  business
    53  corporation  law,  in  any  action commenced at any time pursuant to the
    54  provisions of this subchapter, may be made  by  either:  (a)  personally
    55  delivering  to  and leaving with the secretary of state, a deputy secre-
    56  tary of state or with any person authorized by the secretary of state to

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     1  receive such service duplicate copies  thereof  at  the  office  of  the
     2  department  of  state in either the city of Albany or New York, in which
     3  event the secretary of state shall forthwith send  by  registered  mail,
     4  return  receipt  requested, one of such copies to the corporation at the
     5  address designated by it or at its last known office address  within  or
     6  without  the state, or (b) personally delivering to and leaving with the
     7  secretary of state, a deputy secretary  of  state  or  with  any  person
     8  authorized  by  the  secretary  of state to receive such service, a copy
     9  thereof at the office of the department of state in either the  city  of
    10  Albany or New York and by delivering a copy thereof to, and leaving such
    11  copy  with,  the  president, vice-president, secretary, assistant secre-
    12  tary, treasurer, assistant treasurer, or cashier of such corporation, or
    13  the officer performing corresponding functions under another name, or  a
    14  director  or  managing agent of such corporation, personally without the
    15  state. Proof of such personal service without the state shall  be  filed
    16  with the clerk of the court in which the action is pending within thirty
    17  days  after  such  service,  and such service shall be complete ten days
    18  after proof thereof is filed.
    19    § 22. Section 11-659 of the administrative code of  the  city  of  New
    20  York, as added by section 1 of part D of chapter 60 of the laws of 2015,
    21  is amended to read as follows:
    22    §  11-659 Collection of taxes. Every foreign corporation (other than a
    23  moneyed corporation) subject  to  the  provisions  of  this  subchapter,
    24  except  a  corporation  having  authority  to  do  business by virtue of
    25  section thirteen hundred five of the  business  corporation  law,  shall
    26  file  in  the  department  of  state a certificate of designation in its
    27  corporate name, signed and acknowledged by its president or a  vice-pre-
    28  sident  or  its secretary or treasurer, under its corporate seal, desig-
    29  nating the secretary of state as its agent  upon  whom  process  in  any
    30  action  provided for by this subchapter may be served within this state,
    31  and setting forth an address to which the secretary of state shall  mail
    32  a  copy  of any such process against the corporation which may be served
    33  upon the secretary of state. In case any  such  corporation  shall  have
    34  failed  to  file  such certificate of designation, it shall be deemed to
    35  have designated the secretary of state as its agent upon whom such proc-
    36  ess against it may be served; and until  a  certificate  of  designation
    37  shall  have  been filed the corporation shall be deemed to have directed
    38  the secretary of state to mail copies of process served upon him or  her
    39  to  the  corporation  at its last known office address within or without
    40  the state. When a certificate of designation  has  been  filed  by  such
    41  corporation  the  secretary of state shall mail copies of process there-
    42  after served upon the secretary of state to the  address  set  forth  in
    43  such  certificate.  Any  such corporation, from time to time, may change
    44  the address to which the secretary of state is directed to  mail  copies
    45  of  process, by filing a certificate to that effect executed, signed and
    46  acknowledged in like manner as a certificate of  designation  as  herein
    47  provided.  Service  of  process  upon  any  such corporation or upon any
    48  corporation having  a  certificate  of  authority  under  section  eight
    49  hundred five of the limited liability company law or having authority to
    50  do  business  by virtue of section thirteen hundred five of the business
    51  corporation law, in any action commenced at any  time  pursuant  to  the
    52  provisions  of  this  subchapter,  may be made by either: (a) personally
    53  delivering to and leaving with the secretary of state, a  deputy  secre-
    54  tary of state or with any person authorized by the secretary of state to
    55  receive  such  service  duplicate  copies  thereof  at the office of the
    56  department of state in either the city of Albany or New York,  in  which

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     1  event  the  secretary  of state shall forthwith send by registered mail,
     2  return receipt requested, one of such copies to the corporation  at  the
     3  address  designated  by it or at its last known office address within or
     4  without  the state, or (b) personally delivering to and leaving with the
     5  secretary of state, a deputy secretary  of  state  or  with  any  person
     6  authorized  by  the  secretary  of state to receive such service, a copy
     7  thereof at the office of the department of state in either the  city  of
     8  Albany or New York and by delivering a copy thereof to, and leaving such
     9  copy  with,  the  president, vice-president, secretary, assistant secre-
    10  tary, treasurer, assistant treasurer, or cashier of such corporation, or
    11  the officer performing corresponding functions under another name, or  a
    12  director  or  managing agent of such corporation, personally without the
    13  state. Proof of such personal service without the state shall  be  filed
    14  with the clerk of the court in which the action is pending within thirty
    15  days  after  such  service,  and such service shall be complete ten days
    16  after proof thereof is filed.
    17    § 23. Subdivision 1 of section 11-665 of the  administrative  code  of
    18  the city of New York is amended to read as follows:
    19    1.  Every  foreign  corporation  (other  than  a  moneyed corporation)
    20  subject to the provisions  of  this  subchapter,  except  a  corporation
    21  having  authority  to  do business by virtue of section thirteen hundred
    22  five of the business corporation law, shall file in  the  department  of
    23  state  a  certificate  of  designation in its corporate name, signed and
    24  acknowledged by its president or  vice-president  or  its  secretary  or
    25  treasurer,  under its corporate seal, designating the secretary of state
    26  as its agent upon whom process  in  any  action  provided  for  by  this
    27  subchapter  or subchapter five of this chapter may be served within this
    28  state, and setting forth an address to  which  the  secretary  of  state
    29  shall  mail a copy of any such process against the corporation which may
    30  be served upon the secretary of state.   In case  any  such  corporation
    31  shall  have  failed to file such certificate of designation, it shall be
    32  deemed to have designated the secretary of state as its agent upon  whom
    33  such process against it may be served; and until a certificate of desig-
    34  nation  shall  have  been  filed the corporation shall be deemed to have
    35  directed the secretary of state to mail copies of  process  served  upon
    36  the  secretary  of  state  to  the  corporation at its last known office
    37  address within or without the state. When a certificate  of  designation
    38  has  been  filed  by  such corporation the secretary of state shall mail
    39  copies of process thereafter served upon the secretary of state  to  the
    40  address  set  forth in such certificate. Any such corporation, from time
    41  to time, may change the address to  which  the  secretary  of  state  is
    42  directed  to  mail  copies  of  process, by filing a certificate to that
    43  effect executed, signed and acknowledged in like manner as a certificate
    44  of designation as herein provided. Service  of  process  upon  any  such
    45  corporation  or  upon any corporation having authority to do business by
    46  virtue of section thirteen hundred five of the business corporation law,
    47  in any action commenced at any time pursuant to the provisions  of  this
    48  subchapter  five or former subchapter six of this chapter may be made by
    49  either: (1) personally delivering to and leaving with the  secretary  of
    50  state,  a deputy secretary of state or with any person authorized by the
    51  secretary of state to receive such service duplicate copies  thereof  at
    52  the  office  of  the department of state in either the city of Albany or
    53  New York, in which event the secretary of state shall forthwith send  by
    54  registered  mail,  return  receipt  requested, one of such copies to the
    55  corporation at the address designated by it or at its last known  office
    56  address within or without the state, or (2) personally delivering to and

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     1  leaving with the secretary of state, a deputy secretary of state or with
     2  any person authorized by the secretary of state to receive such service,
     3  a  copy  thereof  at the office of the department of state in either the
     4  city of Albany or New York and by delivering a copy hereof to, and leav-
     5  ing  such copy with, the president, vice-president, secretary, assistant
     6  secretary, treasurer, assistant treasurer, or  cashier  of  such  corpo-
     7  ration,  or the officer performing corresponding functions under another
     8  name, or a director or managing agent of  such  corporation,  personally
     9  without  the  state.  Proof  of  such personal service without the state
    10  shall be filed with the clerk of the court in which the action is  pend-
    11  ing  within  thirty  days  after such service, and such service shall be
    12  complete ten days after proof thereof is filed.
    13    § 24. Subdivision 7 of section 339-n of  the  real  property  law,  as
    14  amended  by  section 53 of part KK of chapter 56 of the laws of 2021, is
    15  amended to read as follows:
    16    7. A designation of the secretary of state as agent of the corporation
    17  or board of managers upon whom process against it may be served and  the
    18  post  office address within or without this state to which the secretary
    19  of state shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon him  or
    20  her. The designation may include an email address to which the secretary
    21  of  state  shall  email a notice of the fact that process against it has
    22  been electronically served upon him or her. Service of  process  on  the
    23  secretary  of  state  as  agent of such corporation or board of managers
    24  shall be made in the manner provided by paragraph (a)  or  (b)  of  this
    25  subdivision. Either option of service authorized pursuant to this subdi-
    26  vision  shall  be  available  at  no  extra  cost  to  the consumer. (a)
    27  Personally delivering to and leaving with him or her or his or her depu-
    28  ty, or with any person authorized by the secretary of state  to  receive
    29  such  service,  at  the  office of the department of state in either the
    30  city of Albany or New York, duplicate copies of  such  process  together
    31  with  the  statutory fee, which shall be a taxable disbursement. Service
    32  of process on such corporation or board of managers  shall  be  complete
    33  when  the  secretary of state is so served. The secretary of state shall
    34  promptly send one of such  copies  by  certified  mail,  return  receipt
    35  requested,  to such corporation or board of managers, at the post office
    36  address, on file in the department of state, specified for such purpose.
    37  (b) Electronically submitting a copy of the process to the department of
    38  state together with the statutory fee, which  fee  shall  be  a  taxable
    39  disbursement, through an electronic system operated by the department of
    40  state,  provided  the  corporation  or  board  of  managers has an email
    41  address on file in the department of state to  which  the  secretary  of
    42  state  shall  email a notice of the fact that process against the corpo-
    43  ration or board of managers has been served electronically on the secre-
    44  tary of state. Service of process on such corporation or board of manag-
    45  ers shall be complete when the  secretary  of  state  has  reviewed  and
    46  accepted  service of such process. The secretary of state shall promptly
    47  send notice of the fact that process has been served  electronically  on
    48  the  secretary  of state to such corporation or board of managers at the
    49  email address on file in the department  of  state,  specified  for  the
    50  purpose  and  shall  make a copy of the process available to such corpo-
    51  ration or board of managers. Nothing in this  subdivision  shall  affect
    52  the  right  to  serve process in any other manner permitted by law.  The
    53  corporation or board of managers shall also file with the  secretary  of
    54  state  the  name and post office address within or without this state to
    55  which the secretary of state shall mail a copy of any process against it

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     1  served upon the secretary of state and shall update the filing as neces-
     2  sary.
     3    §  25.  Subdivision  3  of  section 442-g of the real property law, as
     4  amended by chapter 482 of the laws  of  1963,  is  amended  to  read  as
     5  follows:
     6    3.  Service  of such process upon the secretary of state shall be made
     7  by personally delivering to and leaving with him or his deputy  or  with
     8  any person authorized by the secretary of state to receive such service,
     9  at the office of the department of state in either the city of Albany or
    10  New  York,  duplicate copies of such process together with a fee of five
    11  dollars if the action is solely for the recovery of a sum of  money  not
    12  in  excess  of two hundred dollars and the process is so endorsed, and a
    13  fee of ten dollars in any other action or proceeding, which fee shall be
    14  a taxable disbursement. If such process is served upon behalf of a coun-
    15  ty, city, town or village, or other political subdivision of the  state,
    16  the  fee  to  be  paid  to the secretary of state shall be five dollars,
    17  irrespective of the amount involved or  the  nature  of  the  action  on
    18  account  of which such service of process is made. If the cost of regis-
    19  tered mail for transmitting a copy  of  the  process  shall  exceed  two
    20  dollars,  an  additional  fee  equal to such excess shall be paid at the
    21  time of the service of such process. Proof of service shall be by  affi-
    22  davit  of  compliance with this subdivision filed by or on behalf of the
    23  plaintiff together with the process, within ten days after such service,
    24  with the clerk of the court in which the action or special proceeding is
    25  pending.  Service made as provided in this section shall be complete ten
    26  days after such papers are filed with the clerk of the court  and  shall
    27  have  the  same force and validity as if served on him personally within
    28  the state and within the territorial  jurisdiction  of  the  court  from
    29  which the process issues.
    30    §  26.  Subdivision  2  of section 250 of the general business law, as
    31  amended by chapter 103 of the laws  of  1981,  is  amended  to  read  as
    32  follows:
    33    2.  A  summons in an action described in this section may issue in any
    34  court in the state having jurisdiction of  the  subject  matter  and  be
    35  served as hereinafter provided. Service of such summons shall be made by
    36  mailing  a  copy thereof to the office of the secretary of state [at his
    37  office] in either the city of Albany  or  New  York,  or  by  personally
    38  delivering  a  copy thereof to one of his regularly established offices,
    39  with a fee of ten dollars, and such service shall be sufficient  service
    40  upon such nonresident provided that notice of such service and a copy of
    41  the  summons  and  complaint  are  forthwith sent by or on behalf of the
    42  plaintiff to the  defendant  by  registered  mail  with  return  receipt
    43  requested. The plaintiff shall file with the clerk of the court in which
    44  the  action  is  pending,  or with the judge or justice of such court in
    45  case there be no clerk, an affidavit of compliance herewith, a  copy  of
    46  the  summons and complaint, and either a return receipt purporting to be
    47  signed by the defendant or a person qualified to receive his  registered
    48  mail,  in  accordance  with  the  rules  and  customs of the post office
    49  department; or, if acceptance was refused by the defendant or his agent,
    50  the original envelope bearing a notation by the postal authorities  that
    51  receipt  was  refused, and an affidavit by or on behalf of the plaintiff
    52  that notice of such mailing  and  refusal  was  forthwith  sent  to  the
    53  defendant  by  ordinary  mail.  Where the summons is mailed to a foreign
    54  country, other official proof of the delivery of the mail may  be  filed
    55  in  case  the  post  office department is unable to obtain such a return
    56  receipt. The foregoing papers shall be filed within  thirty  days  after

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     1  the  return  receipt or other official proof of delivery or the original
     2  envelope bearing a notation of refusal, as the case may be, is  received
     3  by  the plaintiff. Service of process shall be complete when such papers
     4  are  filed. The return receipt or other official proof of delivery shall
     5  constitute presumptive evidence that the summons mailed was received  by
     6  the  defendant or a person qualified to receive his registered mail; and
     7  the notation of refusal shall constitute presumptive evidence  that  the
     8  refusal  was by the defendant or his agent. Service of such summons also
     9  may be made by mailing a copy thereof to the office of the secretary  of
    10  state  [at  his  office] in either the city of Albany or New York, or by
    11  personally delivering a copy thereof to one of his regularly established
    12  offices, with a fee of ten dollars, and by delivering a  duplicate  copy
    13  thereof,  with  a complaint annexed thereto, to the defendant personally
    14  without the state by a resident or citizen of the state of New York or a
    15  sheriff, under-sheriff, deputy-sheriff or constable  of  the  county  or
    16  other political subdivision in which the personal service is made, or an
    17  officer authorized by the laws of this state, to take acknowledgments of
    18  deeds  to  be recorded in this state, or an attorney and/or counselor at
    19  law, solicitor, advocate or barrister duly qualified to practice in  the
    20  state  or  country  where  such  service  is made, or by a United States
    21  marshal or deputy United States marshal. Proof of personal service with-
    22  out the state shall be filed with the clerk of the court  in  which  the
    23  action  is  pending  within  thirty  days  after  such service. Personal
    24  service without the state is complete when proof thereof is  filed.  The
    25  court in which the action is pending may order such extensions as may be
    26  necessary  to  afford the defendant reasonable opportunity to defend the
    27  action.
    28    § 27. Subdivision 2 of section 352-b of the general business  law,  as
    29  amended  by  chapter  252  of  the  laws  of 1983, is amended to read as
    30  follows:
    31    2. Service of such process upon the secretary of state shall  be  made
    32  by  personally  delivering to and leaving with him or a deputy secretary
    33  of state a copy thereof at the office of  the  department  of  state  in
    34  either  the city of Albany or New York, and such service shall be suffi-
    35  cient service provided that notice of such service and a  copy  of  such
    36  process are forthwith sent by the attorney general to such person, part-
    37  nership,  corporation,  company,  trust or association, by registered or
    38  certified mail with return receipt requested, at his or  its  office  as
    39  set  forth in the "broker-dealer's statement", "salesman's statement" or
    40  "investment advisor's statement" filed in the department of law pursuant
    41  to section three hundred fifty-nine-e or section  three  hundred  fifty-
    42  nine-eee of this article, or in default of the filing of such statement,
    43  at the last address known to the attorney general. Service of such proc-
    44  ess  shall  be  complete  on receipt by the attorney general of a return
    45  receipt purporting to be signed by the addressee or a  person  qualified
    46  to  receive  his or its registered or certified mail, in accordance with
    47  the rules and customs of the post office department, or,  if  acceptance
    48  was  refused  by  the  addressee  or  his or its agent, on return to the
    49  attorney general of the original envelope  bearing  a  notation  by  the
    50  postal authorities that receipt thereof was refused.
    51    § 28. Subdivision 2 of section 48 of the navigation law, as amended by
    52  chapter 166 of the laws of 1991, is amended to read as follows:
    53    2.  A  summons in an action described in this section may issue in any
    54  court in the state having jurisdiction of  the  subject  matter  and  be
    55  served as hereinafter provided. Service of such summons shall be made by
    56  mailing  a  copy thereof to the office of the secretary of state [at his

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     1  office] in either the city of Albany  or  New  York,  or  by  personally
     2  delivering  a  copy thereof to one of his regularly established offices,
     3  with a fee of ten dollars, and such service shall be sufficient  service
     4  upon  such  non-resident provided that notice of such service and a copy
     5  of the summons and complaint are forthwith sent by or on behalf  of  the
     6  plaintiff  to  the  defendant  by  registered  mail  with return receipt
     7  requested. The plaintiff shall file with the clerk of the court in which
     8  the action is pending, or with the judge or justice  of  such  court  in
     9  case  there  be no clerk, an affidavit of compliance herewith, a copy of
    10  the summons and complaint, and either a return receipt purporting to  be
    11  signed  by the defendant or a person qualified to receive his registered
    12  mail, in accordance with the rules [an] and customs of  the  post-office
    13  department; or, if acceptance was refused by the defendant or his agent,
    14  the  original envelope bearing a notation by the postal authorities that
    15  receipt was refused, and an affidavit by or on behalf of  the  plaintiff
    16  that  notice  of  such  mailing  and  refusal  was forthwith sent to the
    17  defendant by ordinary mail. Where the summons is  mailed  to  a  foreign
    18  country,  other  official proof of the delivery of the mail may be filed
    19  in case the post-office department is unable to  obtain  such  a  return
    20  receipt.  The  foregoing  papers shall be filed within thirty days after
    21  the return receipt or other official proof of delivery or  the  original
    22  envelope  bearing a notation of refusal, as the case may be, is received
    23  by the plaintiff. Service of process shall be complete  ten  days  after
    24  such  papers  are  filed.  The return receipt or other official proof of
    25  delivery shall constitute presumptive evidence that the  summons  mailed
    26  was  received  by  the  defendant  or  a person qualified to receive his
    27  registered mail; and the notation or refusal shall  constitute  presump-
    28  tive  evidence  that  the  refusal  was  by  the defendant or his agent.
    29  Service of such summons also may be made by mailing a  copy  thereof  to
    30  the office of the secretary of state [at this office] in either the city
    31  of Albany or New York, or by personally delivering a copy thereof to one
    32  of  his regularly established offices, with a fee of ten dollars, and by
    33  delivering a duplicate copy thereof, with the complaint annexed thereto,
    34  to the defendant personally without the state by a resident  or  citizen
    35  of  the state of New York or a sheriff, under-sheriff, deputy-sheriff or
    36  constable of the county or other  political  subdivision  in  which  the
    37  personal  service  is made, or an officer authorized by the laws of this
    38  state, to take acknowledgements of deeds to be recorded in  this  state,
    39  or an attorney and/or counselor at law, solicitor, advocate or barrister
    40  duly qualified to practice in the state or country where such service is
    41  made,  or  by  a  United States marshal or deputy United States marshal.
    42  Proof of personal service without the state  shall  be  filed  with  the
    43  clerk  of  the  court  in which the action is pending within thirty days
    44  after such service. Personal service without the state is  complete  ten
    45  days  after  proof  thereof  is  filed. The court in which the action is
    46  pending may order such extensions as may  be  necessary  to  afford  the
    47  defendant reasonable opportunity to defend the action.
    48    Nothing  herein  shall  be  construed  as  affecting  other methods of
    49  service of process against non-residents as provided by law.
    50    § 29. Subdivision 2 of section 74 of the navigation law, as amended by
    51  chapter 395 of the laws of 1963, is amended to read as follows:
    52    2. A summons and complaint in an action described in this section  may
    53  issue  in  any  court  in  the  state having jurisdiction of the subject
    54  matter and be served as hereinafter provided. Service  of  such  summons
    55  and  complaint  shall be made by mailing a copy thereof to the office of
    56  the secretary of state [at his office] in either the city of  Albany  or

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     1  New York, or by personally delivering a copy thereof to one of his regu-
     2  larly  established offices, with a fee of five dollars, and such service
     3  shall be sufficient service upon such non-resident provided that  notice
     4  of  such  service  and a copy of the summons and complaint are forthwith
     5  sent by or on behalf of the plaintiff to  the  defendant  by  registered
     6  mail  with  return  receipt requested. The plaintiff shall file with the
     7  clerk of the court in which the action is pending, or with the judge  or
     8  justice of such court in case there be no clerk, an affidavit of compli-
     9  ance  herewith, a copy of the summons and complaint, and either a return
    10  receipt purporting to be signed by the defendant or a  person  qualified
    11  to receive his registered mail, in accordance with the rules and customs
    12  of  the  post  office  department;  or, if acceptance was refused by the
    13  defendant or his agent, the original envelope bearing a notation by  the
    14  postal  authorities  that receipt was refused, and an affidavit by or on
    15  behalf of the plaintiff that notice of  such  mailing  and  refusal  was
    16  forthwith  sent  to the defendant by ordinary mail. Where the summons is
    17  mailed to a foreign country, other official proof of the delivery of the
    18  mail may be filed in case the post-office department is unable to obtain
    19  such a return receipt. The foregoing papers shall be filed within thirty
    20  days after the return receipt or other official proof of delivery or the
    21  original envelope bearing a notation of refusal, as the case may be,  is
    22  received  by  the  plaintiff.  Service of process shall be complete when
    23  such papers are filed. The return receipt or  other  official  proof  of
    24  delivery  shall  constitute presumptive evidence that the summons mailed
    25  was received by the defendant or  a  person  qualified  to  receive  his
    26  registered  mail;  and the notation of refusal shall constitute presump-
    27  tive evidence that the refusal  was  by  the  defendant  or  his  agent.
    28  Service  of  such  summons also may be made by mailing a copy thereof to
    29  the office of the secretary of state [at his office] in either the  city
    30  of Albany or New York, or by personally delivering a copy thereof to one
    31  of his regularly established offices, with a fee of five dollars, and by
    32  delivering a duplicate copy thereof, with the complaint annexed thereto,
    33  to  the  defendant personally without the state by a resident or citizen
    34  of the state of New York or a sheriff, under-sheriff, deputy-sheriff  or
    35  constable  of  the  county  or  other political subdivision in which the
    36  personal service is made, or an officer authorized by the laws  of  this
    37  state, to take acknowledgments of deeds to be recorded in this state, or
    38  an  attorney  and/or  counselor at law, solicitor, advocate or barrister
    39  duly qualified to practice in the state or country where such service is
    40  made, or by a United States marshal or  deputy  United  States  marshal.
    41  Proof  of  personal  service  without  the state shall be filed with the
    42  clerk of the court in which the action is  pending  within  thirty  days
    43  after  such service. Personal service without the state is complete when
    44  proof thereof is filed. The court in which the  action  is  pending  may
    45  order such extension as may be necessary to afford the defendant reason-
    46  able opportunity to defend the action.
    47    §  30. Subdivision 2 of section 253 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
    48  amended by chapter 166 of the laws  of  1991,  is  amended  to  read  as
    49  follows:
    50    2.  A  summons in an action described in this section may issue in any
    51  court in the state having jurisdiction of  the  subject  matter  and  be
    52  served as hereinafter provided. Service of such summons shall be made by
    53  mailing  a  copy thereof to the office of the secretary of state [at his
    54  office] either in the city of Albany  or  New  York,  or  by  personally
    55  delivering  a  copy thereof to one of his regularly established offices,
    56  with a fee of ten dollars, and such service shall be sufficient  service

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     1  upon  such  non-resident provided that notice of such service and a copy
     2  of the summons and complaint are forthwith sent by or on behalf  of  the
     3  plaintiff  to  the  defendant  by certified mail or registered mail with
     4  return receipt requested. The plaintiff shall file with the clerk of the
     5  court  in  which  the action is pending, or with the judge or justice of
     6  such court in case there be no clerk, an affidavit of  compliance  here-
     7  with,  a  copy of the summons and complaint, and either a return receipt
     8  purporting to be signed by  the  defendant  or  a  person  qualified  to
     9  receive  his  certified  mail or registered mail, in accordance with the
    10  rules and customs of the post-office department; or, if  acceptance  was
    11  refused  by  the defendant or his agent, the original envelope bearing a
    12  notation by the postal authorities that  receipt  was  refused,  and  an
    13  affidavit  by  or on behalf of the plaintiff that notice of such mailing
    14  and refusal was forthwith sent to the defendant by ordinary mail; or, if
    15  the registered or certified letter  was  returned  to  the  post  office
    16  unclaimed,  the  original  envelope  bearing  a  notation  by the postal
    17  authorities of such mailing and return, an affidavit by or on behalf  of
    18  the  plaintiff  that  the  summons was posted again by ordinary mail and
    19  proof of mailing certificate of ordinary  mail.  Where  the  summons  is
    20  mailed to a foreign country, other official proof of the delivery of the
    21  mail may be filed in case the post-office department is unable to obtain
    22  such a return receipt. The foregoing papers shall be filed within thirty
    23  days after the return receipt or other official proof of delivery or the
    24  original  envelope bearing a notation of refusal, as the case may be, is
    25  received by the plaintiff. Service of process  shall  be  complete  when
    26  such  papers  are  filed.  The return receipt or other official proof of
    27  delivery shall constitute presumptive evidence that the  summons  mailed
    28  was  received  by  the  defendant  or  a person qualified to receive his
    29  certified mail or registered mail; and the  notation  of  refusal  shall
    30  constitute presumptive evidence that the refusal was by the defendant or
    31  his  agent.   Service of such summons also may be made by mailing a copy
    32  thereof to the office of the secretary  of  state  [at  his  office]  in
    33  either  the  city  of  Albany or New York, or by personally delivering a
    34  copy thereof to one of his regularly established offices, with a fee  of
    35  ten  dollars,  and  by  delivering  a  duplicate  copy  thereof with the
    36  complaint annexed thereto, to the defendant personally without the state
    37  by a resident or citizen of the state of New York or a  sheriff,  under-
    38  sheriff,  deputy-sheriff  or  constable of the county or other political
    39  subdivision in which the personal service is made, or an officer author-
    40  ized by the laws of this state, to take acknowledgements of deeds to  be
    41  recorded  in this state, or an attorney and/or counselor at law, solici-
    42  tor, advocate or barrister duly qualified to practice in  the  state  or
    43  country  where  such  service  is made, or by a United States [marshall]
    44  marshal or deputy United States [marshall] marshal.  Proof  of  personal
    45  service  without the state shall be filed with the clerk of the court in
    46  which the action is pending  within  thirty  days  after  such  service.
    47  Personal  service  without  the  state is complete when proof thereof is
    48  filed. The court in which the action is pending may  order  such  exten-
    49  sions as may be necessary to afford the defendant reasonable opportunity
    50  to defend the action.
    51    §  31.  This  act  shall  take effect on the one hundred eightieth day
    52  after it shall have become a law.
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